Example sentences of "may [adv] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A field of rare flowers that is destroyed can be replanted and may eventually be the same as the field that was destroyed ( even if the process does take 1,000 years ) . |
| 2 | The apparently extreme view expressed by Masterman ( 1987 ) may perhaps be the public perception of local-authority services as a whole , but equally many people working in schools would also subscribe to this view when discussing the local education authority 's administration of the education service . |
| 3 | My Stott picture may not be the Kilfinnan Fall , but it is a Kilfinnan fall . |
| 4 | Today it may not be the right way forward because it 's probably much cheaper to buy a hotel , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ Mind you , I may not be the right person to be giving an opinion on this , because , as I said , I do n't think ‘ combo ’ anyway . |
| 6 | This may not be the right criteria to apply when buying a computer , but what else is an illiterate to do ? |
| 7 | Moreover , it has been assumed that the mean and variance of v is not affected , but this may not be the right normalization . |
| 8 | It may not be the simple case of the patient having no capacity because , for example , at that time he had hallucinations . |
| 9 | However , the employee 's option may not be the simple one of staying with the transferor or going over to the transferee . |
| 10 | Hand picking may not be the fastest way to harvest , but as Ernest and Julio are fond of pointing out , it provides the best start a wine can have . |
| 11 | ‘ The New World may not be the New World at all , it may be the Old World . |
| 12 | So the increased interest in fitness may not be the healthy trend that it first appeared to be . |
| 13 | Alternatively , where the members of the single community under study perceive themselves as belonging to a number of separate kin groups which do not intermarry , this is a matter of great sociological significance regardless of what may or may not be the actual biological facts of the case . |
| 14 | Earlier , on June 12 , US Secretary of State James Baker had told a Senate committee that although the Kuwaiti government " may not be the optimum type of regime " , the USA did not seek to transform Kuwait into a Western-style democracy . |
| 15 | The primary aim — to produce a saleable calf at a time of maximum value even if this involves greater inputs — may not be the prime deciding factor . |
| 16 | The managing director or chief executive may not be the appropriate person to do so . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's opened up the league , ’ Hamlin said , ‘ and we may not be the only ones to benefit . ’ |
| 18 | So your child may not be the only one who needs to boost his or her self-control by counting up to ten , playing turtle or learning to relax . |
| 19 | SHABBA AND ‘ The Specialist ’ may not be the only ones to respond with a terse ‘ Who he ? ’ when confronted by Scritti Politti , Green having kept such a low profile over the last three years . |
| 20 | But ahead of the squad came leaks that Gianluca Vialli and Gianluigi Lentini — the world 's most expensive players at a combined value of £25 million — will struggle to make the starting grid , and they may not be the only casualties . |
| 21 | But economic success may not be the only benefit of a martial-arts way of life : Yukiso Yamamoto , a famous aikidoist , found it helped his marriage too . |
| 22 | " He may not be the Only one . " |
| 23 | Approaching China requires a lot of thought and licensing may not be the only answer . |
| 24 | The strategy advocated here may not be the only means for achieving systematic internal verification . |
| 25 | In addition , economic costs may not be the only criteria on which education policy is based : in rural areas a very small school may be desirable for social reasons , while in an inner city high unit costs may be accepted to help children overcome living in a disadvantaged area . |
| 26 | I have a feeling that I may not be the only language tutor who has asked herself : |
| 27 | The right of the fetus may not be the only — or even the main — consideration in the abortion issue , as anti-abortionists insist . |
| 28 | Although hypergastrinaemia is a prominent feature , it may not be the only factor responsible for this pancreaticotrophical effect of fundectomy . |
| 29 | Although hypergastrinaemia is a prominent feature , it may not be the only or main factor responsible for the pancreaticotrophical effect of fundectomy . |
| 30 | Yet , in this study the amount of platelet activating factor ( 0.03 pg/ml ; 1.2 ng/h ) is much lower than that of lyso platelet activating factor ( 0.09 ng/ml ; 6.1 µg/h ) and AAGPC ( 0.14 µg/ml ; 11.5 µg/h ) suggesting that platelet activating factor degradation may not be the only source of platelet activating factor precursors under pentagastrin stimulation . |